APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically retrieve material data, and information on image data to be synthesized with the material data to be synthesized with the image data to be displayed when the material is edited. SOLUTION: The image data, and metadata representative of a gathering location latitude (Gathering_Location_Latitude) representative of latitude of a photographing place in connection with position information when photographed, a gathering location longitude representative of a longitude of a photographing place (Gathering_Location_Longitude), a gathering location altitude representative of altitude of a photographing place (Gathering_Location_Altitude) are input, a map corresponding to the position information is retrieved and extracted out of maps recorded in a recording device, and the map corresponding to the position information is synthesized and displayed in a prescribed position of image data. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT